Back to EveryPatent.com
United States Patent | 6,000,839 |
Lott | December 14, 1999 |
A continuous static mixing apparatus includes mixing disks. Each of the mixing disks has a set of symmetrically distributed nozzles therein that accelerate the flow and that create a mixing turbulence in the flow. Typically, the mixing apparatus combines the outlet flows of the mixing disks to provide a collision therebetween and, thus, increased turbulence and mixing. Communication passageways connect the material supplies to the mixing apparatus and direct the materials through the mixing disk. The materials may be combined either upstream or downstream of the mixing disks. An eductor may be used to combine the materials upstream of the mixing disks.
Inventors: | Lott; W. Gerald (Houston, TX) |
Assignee: | Flo Trend Systems, Inc. (Houston, TX) |
Appl. No.: | 097080 |
Filed: | June 12, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 366/181.5; 366/177.1; 366/336 |
Intern'l Class: | B01F 015/02; B01F 005/06; 337; 338 |
Field of Search: | 366/181.5,177.1,336,150.1,160.1,160.3,162.4,163.2,167.1,173.1,174.1,175.2,340 |
2669946 | Feb., 1954 | Peyton | 366/340. |
3526391 | Sep., 1970 | Church, Jr. | 366/340. |
3826279 | Jul., 1974 | Verschuur | 366/340. |
3886973 | Jun., 1975 | Kinney | 366/340. |
3913617 | Oct., 1975 | Van Laar et al. | 366/340. |
4122031 | Oct., 1978 | Smith | 366/340. |
4264212 | Apr., 1981 | Tookey | 366/340. |
4325712 | Apr., 1982 | Arnaudeau | 366/340. |
4382684 | May., 1983 | Hori | 366/340. |
4519423 | May., 1985 | Ho et al. | 366/340. |
4568003 | Feb., 1986 | Sperry et al. | 366/340. |
4594005 | Jun., 1986 | Sakamoto et al. | 366/181. |
4647212 | Mar., 1987 | Hankinson | 366/340. |
4886369 | Dec., 1989 | Hankinson | 366/340. |
4957242 | Sep., 1990 | Schadow et al. | 366/340. |
4971768 | Nov., 1990 | Ealba et al. | 366/340. |
5046668 | Sep., 1991 | Ikeuchi et al. | 366/340. |
5110560 | May., 1992 | Presz, Jr. et al. | 366/340. |
5165440 | Nov., 1992 | Johnston | 366/340. |
5232283 | Aug., 1993 | Goebel et al. | 366/340. |
5435913 | Jul., 1995 | Ashbrook | 366/340. |
5460449 | Oct., 1995 | Kent et al. | 366/340. |